Bookkeeping and VAT for South African online sellers
Your online store's books and VAT, done every month
A flat monthly fee covers channel reconciliation, VAT201 filing and clean management numbers for South African Shopify, WooCommerce and Takealot sellers.
Tell us your channels and we reply with a fixed monthly fee.
Monthly close
Sample checklist
- Shopify and WooCommerce payouts matched to orders
- Takealot statement: sales, fees and returns split out
- Bank and card feeds reconciled
- Input and output VAT reviewed
- VAT201 prepared and filed
- Monthly numbers sent to you
Illustrative: the steps we work through for each client, each month.
Why online sellers outgrow general bookkeeping
Marketplace payouts are not bank deposits, and your bookkeeper should know the difference.
The usual arrangement
- A generalist bookkeeper who prices by transaction volume, so busy months cost more.
- Marketplace payouts that do not match orders, with fees and returns buried inside.
- VAT201 prepared in a rush near the deadline, with you hoping the figures hold.
- Books that are months behind when you need to make a stock or hiring decision.
With Cartledger
- One flat monthly fee, agreed up front.
- Every channel reconciled: Shopify, WooCommerce, Takealot and Amazon.
- VAT201 filed on time, from books that are already reconciled.
- Clean monthly numbers you can read and act on.
What the flat fee covers
Built only for online sellers
One predictable price, not a bill that grows with your order count.
Channel reconciliation
Payouts matched to orders, with marketplace fees, refunds and returns separated so revenue and costs are true.
Shopify · WooCommerce · Takealot · Amazon
VAT201 filing
Input and output VAT reviewed and your VAT201 filed on time. If you are close to the registration threshold, we help you plan for it.
SARS eFiling
Monthly management numbers
A clear profit and loss and a view of what each channel is really earning after fees.
Sent to you each month
Bank and card bookkeeping
Every transaction captured and categorised, so nothing is left for year-end.
Business accounts
What happens each month
A close that repeats the same way, every month
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Connect
We plug into your channels
Read access to your store, Takealot seller statements and bank feeds. Nothing for you to export by hand.
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Reconcile
Every payout matched to its orders
Fees, returns and refunds are separated out, so the books show what you actually earned.
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File
VAT201 prepared, checked and filed
Filed on time from reconciled books, not assembled in a hurry at the deadline.
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Report
Your numbers, in plain language
A monthly pack showing profit, channel performance and the VAT position.
Questions owners ask
Before you hand over your books
Which sales channels do you handle?
Shopify, WooCommerce, Takealot and Amazon. If you sell on more than one, we reconcile each channel separately and combine them into one set of books.
How is the fee set?
It is a flat monthly fee, agreed after you tell us which channels you sell on. It does not rise and fall with your transaction count.
Do you file my VAT201?
Yes. VAT201 filing is part of the monthly service, prepared from books that are already reconciled.
I am not VAT-registered yet. Is that a problem?
No. If you are approaching the registration threshold, tell us and we will help you get your books ready for registration.
Why not use a general bookkeeper?
A general bookkeeper can do the job, but marketplace payouts bundle sales, fees and returns together, and they take specific experience to untangle. That is all we do.
Get your fixed monthly fee
Tell us where you sell. We will quote one price.
Share your channels and roughly where you stand with VAT. We will come back with a flat monthly fee for books, reconciliation and VAT201 filing.